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I'm not sure which field you're in, but at least in electrical engineering, the situation is very different from your description. EE academics are deeply enmes
by xenocyon 6y ago
I'm not sure which field you're in, but at least in electrical engineering, the situation is very different from your description. EE academics are deeply enmeshed in real-world problems, and justifying real-world impact in publications is considered more or less essential. This is also enforced by the bottomline: a lot of research is sponsored by industrial consortia or even individual companies (Intel, Microsoft, etc). Furthermore, many though not all academics at some point spin off some part of their research into commercial ventures, and for some that even becomes their primary concern.
- tachyonbeam 6y agoI'm on the CS side. Was surrounded by people who love math but seem to believe that programming code is somehow dirty and less worthy than equations. The difference is probably that EE academics have an engineering background (are engineers themselves)?
- nitrogen 6y agoA more apt comparison might be CS and physics?
- rjsw 6y agoI'm currently seeing mechanical and materials engineers who have just discovered computers and are planning to do fundamental research on data modelling. They ignore existing international standards that deal with the area since they are not new enough. I think that EE has always been more connected to industry.
- lumost 6y agoI think the publish/perish culture has pushed academics closer to industrial research horizons than they were in the past. This leaves a few fields in an awkward state where academics are just credentialed junior engineers/practitioners struggling to differentiate their skills and activities from every one else.